CROMWELL -- It usually takes plenty of birdies to be the Travelers Championship winner on Sunday -- 30 of the top 32 finishers shot under par in the final round.

Fredrik Jacobson didn't make a ton of birdies -- he had five -- but he never lost a share of the lead he held coming into the final round. And his four pars to complete the round were good enough to win his first PGA Tour event.

Jacobson shot a 4-under-par 66 to finish at 20-under, good enough for a 1-shot victory over Ryan Moore and John Rollins at TPC River Highlands. The four-round total is tied for second best in tournament history.

"I figured maybe 4-, 5-under (for the round) would have a good chance if I shot that," said Jacobson, playing in the final group for the first time in a final round in his career. "But I didn't really want to focus on a score too much. I just wanted to focus on the execution of every shot."

Jacobson earned a shade under $1.1 million and a two-year exemption through 2013 with the win, his first since 2003. The Swede is the first non-American to win the event since Australian Greg Norman in 1995.

"I came over in 2003 after having won in Europe and I had my eyes on the U.S. Tour," said Jacobson, 36. "After winning (three) times that year, I felt pretty good about winning. I didn't know it was going to take this long before I won one. But whoever waits for a long time, all the sweeter when it comes together."

In three previous appearances at the Travelers, Jacobson missed the cut twice and tied for 48th.

Moore and Rollins both posted 63 to finish tied for second. Rollins never had a piece of the lead but Moore did - twice.

Moore, a runner-up to J.J. Henry here in 2006, birdied his first three holes and had eight overall. He two-putted for birdie on the par-5 13th hole to tie Jacobson, then did so again with his final birdie on 16.

After a solid up and down for par on the 17th hole, Moore pushed his tee shot on 18 into the bunker, then went bunker to bunker from 182 yards out, leaving only a little bit of green to work with for his third shot.

"That was probably my worst drive of the day," Moore said. "I had a really good yardage. I barely pushed that iron shot. It was perfect distance. Maybe I was a little more aggressive than I should have been."

Moore almost holed the bunker shot for birdie, but missed a 4-foot come-backer for par to finish 1 shot behind.

"Honestly, it was my first bad putt of the day. It was really bad timing for it," Moore said. "I stroked it great all day. I set up to hit right into the left-center (of the hole) and I think I just pushed it."

Standing on the 18th fairway, Jacobson was informed by his caddie (Neil Williams) that he now had a 1-shot lead. His approach left him below the hole for an easy two-putt.

Rollins made four straight birdies (11 through 14) then stuck his approach in close on 18 for one final birdie and $528,000.

"It seemed like every hole there was a roar going on, so you knew that guys were making birdies and all kinds of low numbers on the board," Rollins said. "So I just kept plugging along and staying with what I was doing."

Jacobson made his first bogey of the tournament at the 10th hole. That miscue put him back to 18-under in a tie with Thompson.

Moore joined them with a birdie at 13, but Jacobson birdied 12 to go to 19-under. He followed that up with his final birdie of the day at 14. Moore birdied 15 and 16 to get back into a tie, then got up and down for par on 17 before the fateful 18th.

Jacobson also had to get up and down from the left side of the green on 17 to stay tied for the lead.

"This is something I'm enjoying dearly," Jacobson said. "A very special moment and a special time where a lot of work and a lot of patience has come together."